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Capacity strengthening and equipping of silage hub for silage block development
The demand for sweetpotato vine silage as a livestock feed and a source of income for youth has increased tremendously due to the different methods we have used to disseminate the technology including posting information ...
The Culture of Banana Cultivation: Towards a Better Understanding of the Banana Seed System in Central Uganda
Banana is one of the most important staple crops in Central Uganda. In central Uganda most of the banana varieties cultivated, belong to the East African Highland Bananas (EAHB) which include food (Matooke) and beer (Mbidde) ...
Estimating the Potential Area Adoption of GLDC Crop Cultivars Released in 2018
The CGIAR Research Program on Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (CRP-GLDC) has set aspirational targets to contribute to System-Level Outcomes (SLOs) on reducing poverty, improving food and nutritional security for health ...
Cassava Waxing Technology Use, Marketing, Consumption and Actors' Roles along the Value Chain In Uganda (12660)
Increasing availability, utilization, and incomes from cassava production and marketing by increasing the period during which fresh roots can be marketed while retaining the desired quality
Multilocation Evaluation Trials In Uganda and Tanzania
These results report show that our breeding program is making very good progress in developing new varieties that are better than the currently grown popular officially released varieties. This will ensure that new varieties ...
Editing Cassava Sweet genes for Resistance to Xanthomonas Report
The sweet genes are transporters and a source of sucrose for plants, which during infection by bacteria such as Xanthomonas are over-expressed, making them an important factor in the infection and colonization of this type ...
Pest Risk Analysis For Banana Bunchy Top Disease (BBTD)
Banana bunchy top disease (BBTD) caused by the Banana bunchy top virus (BBTV, genus Babuvirus, family Nanoviridae) renders plants unproductive and eventually kills affected plants. The virus infects banana mats in a systemic ...
Pest risk analysis for Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum
Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum (Xcm) is the causative pathogen for banana Xanthomonas wilt (BXW). Commonly known as Xanthomonas wilt, it was reported first in Ethiopia on enset and later observed on banana in Uganda, ...
RNA-seq based transcriptome profiling, identification and validation of heat stress responsive genes in chickpea
Six contrasting heat responsive (tolerant - ICCV 92944, ICC 1356, ICC 15614 and sensitive - ICC 5912, ICC 4567, ICC 10685) genotypes were selected for the study. Heat stress was imposed using growth chamber facility, ...
QDS of bush beans is established as a viable alternative to certified seed
In collaboration with local seed service, development partners organizations (Dos) e.g. NGOs/farmers organizations and public extension were enabled by PABRA members to select farmers who are able to produce and market ...